Rope Braid with Ribbon Headband

Today we had a very blessed day at church. We are Assembly of God and very involved in our church. God is so amazing and takes such good care of us. So, here was my daughter's do for church this morning.

This is just a simple twist braid headband with ribbon sewn into it.  First, I parted the hair from ear to ear across the top of her head. I pulled the back part into a ponytail to keep it out of the way while I worked on the front. I took a small section of hair right above her left ear, divided it into two sections, and started twisting them both clockwise.  Then I twisted them over each other counterclockwise. Then add a section of hair to the bottom piece, and twist it clockwise, then twist them over each other counterclockwise. Just do this all the way across the head and continue braiding to the end of that section of hair.

I tied the braid off with an elastic. Then I used some turquoise ribbon and a plastic large eyed needle to sew the ribbon through the twist leaving long ends on both sides that I used for a bow. I learned this "sewing the ribbon in" technique from princesshairstyles.com.  She is amazing and she got me started in all this crazy hair stuff to begin with. Lol. I found her about a year ago and have been following her ever since. Anyway, back to the hairstyle. After I finished sewing, I teased her hair right behind the braid just a little to give her the bump. I put that hair in a small ponytail and tied the remaining ribbon around it into a bow.  Then I made another small pony right below that one and I pulled the remaining part of the braid back into that one. Once it was secure, I removed the elastic that was securing the braid and brushed it all straight. 

I added another bow to the lower pony and that's it. I get all my ribbon from Walmart. It's like .44 a roll and they have lots of colors. The other bow came from JC Penny.

  Side View

... And the top view.

 

 I also painted her nails to match using Kiss nailart paint.  I gave her turquoise tips with a line of silver glitter right below and topped it with a clear top coat. It matched nicely. Hope you enjoy and have a blessed day!

~ Birthday Hair ~

Hello everyone! Here is my first hairstyle post. My daughter's birthday was Wednesday and she turned 9. I let her pick what hairstyle she wanted and this is what she chose. I got this from Babes in Hairland http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.babesinhairland.com%2F2008%2F12%2F4-corkscrew-twist.html&h=b01aa. She does some beautiful hairstyles on her daughters. She also has pics of step by step instructions and I'm not quite there yet. Working on though :) Anyway this is how it turned out for me. Hope you enjoy!

 Just a quick step by step. First, I parted her hair staight down the center to make two equal sections of hair on either side of her head. I clipped off one side to keep it out of the way. On the side I left down. I parted it into four equal ponies and put them each in a clear elastic. Then I twist braided each strand. For this, you divide the pony in two equal parts and twist each individual part clockwise and wrap them together counter-clockwise. I put an elastic at the end of each strand to keep them in place also. Then I took the top two and started twisting them together adding in the other two as I got down to them. When I got to the end of the hair, I just twisted it into a bun and left the ends sticking out. Then I attached the little black flower and repeated these steps on the other side. It sounds like it takes forever, but it's not too bad.

So, here's the back view. I got the black flowers at Claire's. One of my favorite stores ever! They have amazing hair accessories and earrings and all other kinds of bling.

Once again, thanks to www.babesinhairland.blogspot.com for this do.